ECE 2026 - Introduction to Signal Processing
From Georgia Tech Student Wiki
ECE 2026 is a 3 credit class with a lab requirement. It is a requirement for both electrical engineering and computer engineering majors.[1] The course emphasizes discrete-time signal processing and linear, time-invariant systems. MATLAB is used for all labs in order to create examples of linear, time-invariant systems.
Topic List
- Discrete-Time Signals and Systems
- Sinusoids and Complex Amplitudes
- The Spectrum
- The Sampling Process
- Shannon's Sampling Theorem
- Aliasing
- Digital Filters
- Finite-Impulse-Response (FIR) Filters
- Linearity and Time-Invariance: Convolution
- Frequency Response
- Infinite-Impulse-Response (IIR) Filters
- Relationship between Continuous-Time and Discrete-Time Frequency Domains
- Discrete Fourier Analysis
- DTFT: Discrete-Time Fourier Transform
- DFT: Discrete Fourier Transform
- DFS: Discrete Fourier Series
- Application: Spectrograms for Time-Frequency Analysis
- The Z-transform
- Zeros and Poles
- Three Domains: Relationship among Time, Frequency, and Z domains
Lab Topics may include:
- Introduction to MATLAB
- Complex Exponentials and the Spectrum
- Music or Speech Synthesis with Sinusoids
- Image Processing: e.g. Edge Detection, De-blurring
- Bandpass Filtering: Touch-Tone Decoding
- Biomedical Applications: e.g. Hearing, Cochlear Implants, EKG
This topic list is from spring 2021.[1]
Workload
ECE 2026 is often electrical and computer engineering majors' first exposure to a purely ECE course and a heavy engineering workload. Labs should be taken seriously and done ahead of lab time.
Registration
ECE 2026 is a linked course.
